190 VINES AND VINE CULTURE. 



TROVEREN FRONTIGNAN (63). A round, white Muscat Grape. 

 Season : mid-season. Merits : first-class in quality, but scarcely worthy 

 of cultivation. 



SYN. Muscat Troveren. 



YINE. Growth moderately robust, the wood always ripening well ; fruitful. 

 Leaves large, roundish, deeply toothed, somewhat rugose. 



FKUIT. Bunches long, cylindrical, very compact, on rather long, strong 

 stalks ; well and closely set. Berries under medium size, round, on stout foot- 

 stalks. Skin tough, the major portion of the berries of a clear greenish yellow 

 colour, the others of a deep amber, sometimes tinged with red or dirty brown ; 

 the flavour of the latter being much richer and sweeter than the pale coloured, 

 Flesh firm, crackling, yet juicy and rich, with a strong Muscat flavour. 



HISTORY, ETC. Our first acquaintance with this Grape was made in the 

 nurseries of Mr. Standish, Ascot. It is of Continental origin, and is grown at 

 Chiswick. 



CULTURAL NOTES. Requires a warm house to ripen the fruit thoroughly. 

 The more heat that is applied the higher the flavour, and the more unsightly the 

 colour. It will fruit fairly well in an ordinary Yinery. 



TYNINGHAME MUSCAT. Muscat of Alexandria. 



VENN'S SEEDLING BLACK MUSCAT. Muscat Hamburgh. 



VICANE. Bicane. 



VICTORIA HAMBURGH. Black Hamburgh. 



WALTHAM CROSS (85). An oval, white Vinous Grape. Season : 

 late ; one of the latest Grapes in cultivation. Merits : very large and 

 handsome, but quite second-rate in quality. 



YINE. Growth remarkably strong and robust ; moderately fruitful. Leaves 

 large, deeply toothed. 



FRUIT. Hunches very large, long and regularly tapering, on strong stalks, evenly 

 shouldered, freely set. Berries very large, long ovate, fully larger than those of 

 the Muscat of Alexandria, which it greatly resembles when perfectly ripe. Skin 

 thick, pale yellow. Flesh firm or hard, sweet, but by no means rich in flavour. 

 Handsome in appearance, and keeps well after becoming ripe. 



HISTORY, ETC. A seedling raised by Mr. William Paul, ofWaltham Cross, 

 about the year 1870. Received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



CULTURAL NOTES. Being a late Grape,, it succeeds best in a house suitable 

 for Muscats, where sufficient heat can be applied to ripen the fruit thoroughly. 

 It is not much cultivated. 



WANTAGE . Lombardy. 



WARNER'S HAMBURGH. Black Hamburgh. 



WEST'S ST. PETER'S (75) Plate XXVII. An oval, black Vinous 

 'Grape. Season : late. Merits : first-class as a late variety, second 

 only in point of quality to Black Hamburgh ; one of the most refreshing 

 of Grapes for invalids. 



SYN. Money's West's St. Peter's, Oldaker's West's St. Peter's, 

 Abercairney, Major Moray's. 



